3 hotel staffers divert Rs 1 crore to personal accounts

Ghaziabad: Seven persons, among them a general manager and two managers of a hotel, faced FIR for allegedly diverting restaurant earnings into personal family accounts over the last two years. The hotel owner reported losses of approximately Rs 1 crore.Chandrashekhar, owner of Hotel Royal Park in Shakti Khand 2 in Indirapuram, said, "The staff manipulated amounts from Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000 every day. The three diverted money from hotel guests through PhonePe/Paytm/cash directly into their own bank accounts."The accused have been identified as Sukhveer Singh, general manager, two managers, Ravi Pratap and Raju Yadav. The money was being transferred to bank accounts of Sukhbir's sister Pinky, his brother-in-law Nitu, Raju's sister Nirmal and Ravi's wife."A few days ago, some hotel staff and guests informed me that the three managers, Sukhveer Singh, Ravi Pratap and Raju Yadav, were involved in financial fraud at the hotel," Chandrasekhar said. "Upon checking the account books with my finance and audit team, and reviewing the WhatsApp chat history of Raju Yadav, I came to know of the fraud," he added.Chandrasekhar also said when he asked Sukhbir to show him the hotel records, the latter called his brother-in-law and instructed him to steal them. His brother-in-law, Nitu, took away the bill book, register, and copies of IDs of the hotel guests. Police found CCTV footage that showed Nitu leaving with the records.Abhishek Srivastava, ACP of Indirapuram, said on the basis of the complaint, an FIR was registered against the seven accused under sections 316 (2) (punishment for criminal breach of trust) and 318 (2) (punishment for cheating) of BNS. "Teams have been formed to nab the accused," the ACP said.